Example sentences of "and at the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the 40th session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in October 1989 the 43 member states adopted a general programme budget of $190,000,000 for the first six months of 1990 only ; after extensive debate at an extraordinary session in May 1990 and at the regular session in October , the Executive Committee finally adopted a general programme budget for 1990 amounting to $378,885,900 , including the $38,000,000 deficit carried over from the previous year . |
| 2 | The government 's decision to impose VAT at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17pc 12 months later could reverse a trend which has seen customer disconnections fall by 70 pc in the past 12 months and Manweb said only six customers were disconnected for non payment in the past six months . |
| 3 | But Manweb warned that the imposition of VAT , at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17.4pc 12 months later , could lead to more disconnections . |
| 4 | But Manweb warned that the imposition of VAT , at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17.4pc 12 months later , could lead to more disconnections . |
| 5 | The possibility of being attacked on public transport is still low , especially if you avoid the more notorious stations , such as those in Central London and at the southern end of the Northern Line . |
| 6 | Calcretes developed in this way are thickest and at the greatest depth in the soil profile in areas of 100 400 mm ( 4–16 in ) of rainfall especially on the temperate margins of deserts ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) and become thinner and much nearer the surface in the arid regions proper . |
| 7 | Gathered fabric can be fixed at the wall top to a curtain track screwed in place , and at the lower edge around curtain wire screwed to the top edge of the skirting . |
| 8 | Another angle on psychological differences between blacks and whites is given by Worthy and Markle who argue that white sportsmen do better at self-paced activities , ‘ ones in which the individual responds , when he chooses , to a relatively static or unchanging stimulus ’ , whereas blacks have an edge in reactive activities , ‘ in which the individual must respond appropriately and at the right time to changes in the stimulus situation ’ ( 1970 ) . |
| 9 | Under the Mental Health Act 1959 patients maintained on guardianship orders knew that drug treatment could be enforced and therefore appeared regularly for depot injection on the right day and at the right time without pressure or demur . |
| 10 | The company says this technological approach enables changes made anywhere in the process including development of documentation , design models and source code and at the lowest level of granularity , to be automatically reflected and maintained throughout the entire development process and all software deliverables . |
| 11 | And at the lowest level in the EC , they are also fully consistent with the prospects for recovery this year . ’ |
| 12 | The building control officer will often be aware of local ground conditions and at the early stage of site investigation his advice will be invaluable in determining probable additional costs . |
| 13 | A row of thatched cottages is strung along the lane coming up from the sea and opens into a forecourt in the front and at the eastern side of the house . |
| 14 | The bay was defined by fine trees at the top of cliffs at one side , and at the westward extremity towards the open sea a strange cluster of white rocks split off from the chalk cliff . |
| 15 | She began to cry , both at her own guilt , and at the awful net of her mother 's concern which was coming down over her . |
| 16 | In 1915 he replaced Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien as commander of the Second Army , and at the Second Battle of Ypres displayed great decisiveness and coolness of mind . |
| 17 | And now that I thought about it , I had vaguely wondered at the ‘ good time ’ I had made on my walk from the cottage , and at the leisurely stretch of time I had had on the island . |
| 18 | The coordination of orders within the school was undertaken by the newly appointed " library manager " and at the divisional library by the DCSL and her staff in the normal way . |
| 19 | After 18 months in office , the rector , the Rev. Dick Woodger , expressed his thanks for the help he and his wife had received during the move into the new rectory and at the recent birth of their latest daughter . |
| 20 | The half year result was a 34 per cent rise over last time , and at the higher end of City estimates . |
| 21 | Advances in electronic and micro processors enabling fuel to be delivered in the right quantity and at the optimum time in the combustion process now allow an efficiency to be achieved that Dr Rudolf Diesel could never have dreamed of in 1892 . |
| 22 | and all was accurately , now if it was done really with the hope that the council and winder would get together and come to some decent arrangement and at the other side of er Lancaster er down by the |
| 23 | South Wales with its early potato enterprises headed the specialised markets and at the other end of the scale Speyside , Powys and Cumbria had little or no specialised farming enterprises . |
| 24 | The centre-piece was a perspiring bloke who was plainly at the end of his tether and at the other end of the tatty tether was a huge hairy bundle who 'd decided he was now one of the family and acting in a suitably demented manner ; noise effects included whoops , cheers , shrieks , curses , admonitions and deep explosive barks which provided punctuation in the manner of the cannon fire in the 1812 Overture . |
| 25 | Jake Howard , who was on the Australian coaching staff for the World Cup , has joined Wanderers for next year and at the other end of Lansdowne Road the Landsdowne club have enrolled Graeme Taylor , formerly a Counties back and more lately involved with the All Blacks ‘ seconds ’ squad . |
| 26 | Thus about 48 percent of the Pakistani/Bangladeshi group are aged 0–15 compared to 20 percent in the white population , and at the other end of the age spectrum only 2 per cent are aged over 60 compared to 21 per cent among the white population ( Central Statistical Office , 1988 ) . |
| 27 | For instance , nearly 30 per cent of the men in Townsend 's sample in ‘ managerial ’ occupations regarded themselves as working class , and at the other end of the scale 20 per cent of Butler and Stokes ' ‘ unskilled manual ’ workers regarded themselves as middle class . |
| 28 | Children as young as 18 months start with pre school gymnastics activity and at the other end of the scale adults of 60 plus are still competing in veterans competitions . |
| 29 | After all , most of my contemporaries were ex-grammar school , and at the other end of the scale dealt with the mysteries of each stage of calculus . |
| 30 | The heads form a cap which covers the shoulder joint , and they are attached at one end to the upper arm and at the other end to 3 points to the front , top and back of the shoulder . |